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The site was identified as important in 1998 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting ('triggering') IBA criteria.

Populations meeting IBA criteria ('trigger species'):

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s)	Population estimate at site	IBA criteria met
Wattled Crane Bugeranus carunculatus	VU	resident	-	70 breeding pairs	A1, A4i
Wattled Crane Bugeranus carunculatus	VU	non-breeding	-	2,000 individuals	A1, A4i
African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus	LC	non-breeding	-	1,000 individuals	A4i
Southern Banded Snake-eagle Circaetus fasciolatus	NT	resident	1999	present	A1, A3
Chestnut-fronted Helmetshrike Prionops scopifrons	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Woodwards' Batis Batis fratrum	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
East Coast Batis Batis soror	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Lowland Tiny Greenbul Phyllastrephus debilis	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Black-bellied Starling Notopholia corusca	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
East Coast Akalat Sheppardia gunningi	NT	resident	1999	present	A1, A3
Mouse-coloured Sunbird Cyanomitra verreauxii	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Lesser Seedcracker Pyrenestes minor	LC	resident	1999	present	A3

The current IUCN Red List category may differ from that which was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment (1998).

Protected area (PA)	PA designation	PA area (ha)	Relationship of PA with IBA	Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
Zambezi Delta	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	3,171,172	protected area contains site	0
Nhapacué	Forest Reserve	17,000	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Marromeu	Game Reserve	150,000	protected area contained by site	0
Inhamitanga	Forest Reserve	1,600	protected area overlaps with site	0
Coutada Oficial No. 14	Hunting Reserve	135,300	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Coutada Oficial No. 11	Hunting Reserve	192,800	protected area contained by site	0
Coutada Oficial No. 10	Hunting Reserve	200,800	protected area contained by site	0
Coutada Oficial N0. 12	Hunting Reserve	296,300	protected area contained by site	0

Habitat (IUCN level 1)	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Shrubland		-
Grassland		-
Forest		-

For more information about the IUCN Habitat classification, please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
agriculture	-
fisheries/aquaculture	-
hunting	-
nature conservation and research	-
tourism/recreation	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Zambezi River Delta. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/zambezi-river-delta-iba-mozambique on 25/09/2023.